“The Pirates! Band of Misfits” — Hugh Grant, Salma Hayek and Jeremy Piven provide the voices for the latest animated adventure by the “Chicken Run” crew, about a high-seas scalawag competing for the “Pirate of the Year” award. (PG for mild action, rude humor and some language; AS-14, H-16, M-6)

“The Raven” — Who — or what — killed Edgar Allan Poe? This speculative gothic horror film — starring John Cusack as the tormented author of macabre tales and directed by James McTeigue (“V for Vendetta”) — lays out one possible, if not entirely plausible, answer. (R for bloody violence and grisly images; AS-14, H-16)

“Safe” — Jason Statham plays a secret agent protecting a young girl from all kinds of thugs and baddies. (R for strong violence throughout, and for language; AS-14, H-16)

“Act of Valor” — Real-life Navy SEALs, still on active duty, star in this action-thriller about a worldwide manhunt to stop a terrorist plot, inspired by actual events. (R for strong violence including some torture, and for language; WM-6)

“American Reunion” — The “American Pie” gang is back for its high school reunion. (R for crude and sexual content throughout, nudity, language, brief drug use and teen drinking; H-16)

“The Cabin in the Woods” — The thing we keep hearing about this horror picture — in which five friends stumble onto something really scary — is that the less you know in advance, the better. (R for strong bloody horror violence and gore, language, drug use and some sexuality/nudity; AS-14, H-16)

“Journey 2: The Mysterious Island” —Dwayne Johnson takes over for Brendan Fraser in the second installment of the Jules Verne-flavored family adventures, this one set on a mythical island crawling with monsters. (PG for some adventure action and brief mild language; WM-6)

“Lockout” — Guy Pearce is a convicted felon offered a pardon and freedom if he can rescue the president’s kidnapped daughter — in outer space. (PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, and language including some sexual references; AS-14, M-6)

“The Lucky One” — Zac Efron stars as a Marine who returns from three tours of duty in Iraq to find the woman (Taylor Schilling) he thinks was his good-luck charm. It’s adapted from the novel by Nicholas Sparks, which means Kleenex is not optional. (PG-13 for some sexuality and violence; AS-14, H-16)

“Mirror Mirror” — The first of two live-action Snow White movies arriving this year. Julia Roberts is the vain queen and Lily Collins is the exiled princess who relies on the help of seven short dudes to survive. (PG for some fantasy action and mild rude humor; H-16, M-6)

“This Means War” — Chris Pine and Thomas Hardy are two CIA agents who launch into spy-versus-spy antics when they fall for the same woman (Reese Witherspoon). (PG-13 for sexual content including references, some violence and action, and for language; WM-6)

“The Three Stooges” — Sean Hayes, Chris Diamantopoulos and Will Sasso are Larry, Moe and Curly in this big-screen revival of the antics of the slap-happy idiots. Directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly. PG for slapstick action violence, some rude and suggestive humor including language; AS-14, H-16, M-6, P)

“Think Like a Man” — Four men turn the tables on their significant others when they discover the women have been using Steve Harvey’s relationship advice book against them. (PG-13 for sexual content, some crude humor and brief drug use; AS-14, H-16)

“A Thousand Words” — Eddie Murphy reunites with his “Norbit” director Brian Robbins for this comedy about a fast-talking agent who must suddenly make every word count, because he only has 1,000 of them left before he drops dead. (PG-13 for sexual situations including dialogue, language and some drug-related humor; WM-6)

“Wrath of the Titans” — Sam Worthington returns as Perseus, this time fighting to rescue his papa Zeus (Liam Neeson) from the clutches of that mean guy Hades (Ralph Fiennes). (PG-13 for intense sequences of fantasy violence and action; AS-14, H-16, M-6)